The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 53
... cold ! As cold as in a polar cod canteen ! ' ( This was how he referred contemptuously to all polar countries . ) ' Enough to make eyelids freeze together . Fantastic frost ! ' He was silent for a little and then said again ...
... cold ! As cold as in a polar cod canteen ! ' ( This was how he referred contemptuously to all polar countries . ) ' Enough to make eyelids freeze together . Fantastic frost ! ' He was silent for a little and then said again ...
Page 57
... cold earth . The very first night would bury the grave under the snow and would continue on its predetermined way with total indifference . I stretched out for my watch . The fire in the stove had burned itself out , but by the light of ...
... cold earth . The very first night would bury the grave under the snow and would continue on its predetermined way with total indifference . I stretched out for my watch . The fire in the stove had burned itself out , but by the light of ...
Page 59
... cold , over the forests and over the fields where the snows lay in one thick blanket . A minute passed , then two ... cold and its acrid smell of smoke . Zuzenko came back in the evening and found me with a high temperature . I was ill ...
... cold , over the forests and over the fields where the snows lay in one thick blanket . A minute passed , then two ... cold and its acrid smell of smoke . Zuzenko came back in the evening and found me with a high temperature . I was ill ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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